Nick Tipping

Nick checks out rising star of the bass Linda Oh, along with tracks from Seamus Blake, Thelonious Monk, and Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins. Audio

Nick celebrates Marion McPartland’s hundredth birthday, and the 60^th anniversary of Cannonball Adderley’s landmark album Somethin’ Else. Audio

Nick celebrates Marion McPartland’s hundredth birthday, and the 60^th anniversary of Cannonball Adderley’s landmark album Somethin’ Else. Audio

This week Nick checks out new and recent releases from NZ ensembles and musicians. including the Auckland Jazz Orchestra, The JB3, Brad Kang, Antipodes, Tiny Hearts, Greg Crayford, and Kristin Berardi… Audio

This week Nick checks out new and recent releases from NZ ensembles and musicians. including the Auckland Jazz Orchestra, Brad Kang, Antipodes, Tiny Hearts, Greg Crayford, Jim Langabeer, and Kristin… Audio

This week Nick features legendary pianist Herbie Hancock, along with singers Kevin Mahogany and Sara Gazarek, and Miles Davis, Illinois Jacquet, and Vijay Iyer.

In this show Nick features the fantastic Thad Jones Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra- plus tracks from Oscar Peterson, Wynton Marsalis, and Barney Kessel.

In this show, rebroadcast from May, Nick features Cannonball and Nat Adderley- hard bop kings.

In a replay of a show from March, Nick checks out brand new albums by NZ jazz musicians Jasmine Lovell-Smith and Neil Watson, along with a side helping of Dave Douglas, Michael Brecker, and Sarah…

Nick channels the spirit of Christmas with carols played by Dave Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, Jimmy Smith, and Billie Holiday- plus Duke Ellington's arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite! 

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Nick balances his previous hour of Christmas music with jazz from singers Esperanza Spalding, Gregory Porter, and Kurt Elling, and a tune from Wellington eight-piece band The Jac. Audio

This week Nick gets seasonal, with a selection of Christmas music from Vince Guaraldi, Joe Williams, Kenny Burrell and Bill Evans, plus something from the NZ Army Band’s new Christmas album. Audio

This week Nick remembers the late producer, talent scout and record company executive George Avakian, who was behind many of the greatest jazz recordings in history- including Miles Davis' Kind of… Audio

This week Nick remembers the late producer, talent scout and record company executive George Avakian, who was behind many of the greatest jazz recordings in history- including The Jazz Messengers… Audio

This week Nick checks out jazz organist Cory Henry and trombonist Melba Liston; and Wynton Marsalis is in bebop mode. Audio

Nick Tipping hosts a two-hour journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way. This hour features a new album from Nick Granville with high-flying Kiwi… Audio

This week Nick checks out tracks from Johnny St Cyr to Cécile McLorin Salvant, a new US/NZ collaboration, and classics from Miles, Trane, and Prez. Audio

This week Nick checks out tracks from Buddy DeFranco and Stochelo Rosenberg, next year's NZ Festival headliner Cécile McLorin Salvant, and David Friesen with Reuben Bradley and Dixon Nacey. Audio

This week Nick checks out tracks invoking and evoking the sea and the sky - including Nat King Cole with Orange Coloured Sky, Oscar Peterson with Wave, and Bobby Darin's Beyond the Sea. Audio

This week Nick checks out tracks invoking and evoking the sea and the sky, including Danilo Perez with Across the Crystal Sea, Katya Sourikova's December Sky, and Mike Nock's Land of the Long White… Audio